Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-24

boarding at Mr.. Mixers on Dorman b. Ea-
| toms place was there on account Of her
| husband having broken his leg while at
work ON the bridge. Near midnight last
/ Thursday night she heard cries " distress,
several Of them she had been up aud
down with her husband, and had not been
asleep she was startled by the cries and
| listened 10 see if she heard the word "holp :"
| if she did she meant TO alarm the house
| hold. II seemed like Il prolonged cutlery,
several times repeated, as though a person
cried ''oh - at first she thought it might be
person in the water aud then she thought
| there couldn't be 50 many cries if that was
| the ease after or cries il was us though
a cry had been suddenly shut of, and after
that came fainter one. In her own mind
she located the cries anywhere below the
bridge, and near the river. IL was the
same night that Mr. Hawkins came up 10
see her husband about II o'clock after her
| husband was hurt.
Mrs. Diantha Mixer-sworn. Lives with
her husband in the Eaton house. Talked
with Mr.. Hawkins at the window when he
came about II, while her husband was
dressing to let him in. After he had gone
she went back to bed and had got nearly
asleep when she heard outcres, but did not
/ pay much attention TO them because she
thought it might be rowdies. Sometimes,
when the wind was right the cries Of pa
tients at the asylum could be heard Boys
who lived above on the road were in the
habit Of calling ont as they went past and
sometimes sat ON the rocks to talk and sing
| this had happened so often that She had got
| through keeping awake for it, These cries
sounded down towards the river.
John Fitzgerald Is brakeman
/ ON the train before mentioned Saw Sug-
/ land 10y the track twice last week Once
he was alone and once he had woman
| with him thought it was Thursday he saw
| him with white woman. about half way
/ from Brattleboro to Dummerstnn. at the
top of the hill - was after o'clock.
/ There was nothing to fix it positively in his
mind whether it was Thursday or Friday.
but was sure it was not the day that the
monument was dedicated
jacob Cartledge- recalled Counsel for
the state made further effort to make this
wiiness tell what he was over ON the island
for late ON Saturday evening, but without
success he would only say that he went
for IA walk and sat ON the fence "A while.
. Denied having seen Sugland last week
Had been at work for Fletcher all the time
Was at home, at Barber Green's, all day
sunday didn't 90 away from the house /.
first heard about the girl being dead Sunday
night. He knew Helen Burt When
/ pressed to 1t he admitted telling Boynton
the shoe dealer that he didn't know any
thing about her being killed and didn't
want to know anything about it if he did
his body might be floating down the river
some day. Wouldn't give any reason why
he thought his body might he floating down
the river. wouldn't say that he knew Sug
land was revengefu or quick tempered
Il. i'm, L. L l.
ment he had made the day before to the ef-
feet that Helen never had liked John Sug
land since he tried TO drug" her lie
didn't remember making such a statement ::
had heard the Big Eastern" say some such
thing
The appearance Of this witness was such
ms 10 leave the impression on the minds of
those who listened that he knew more than
he wa, disposed 10 tell
5. W. Richardson recalled should
think Jacob was the man Le saw with Sug.
land ON Thursday, though it seemed to him
That man Was "A little taller
Leslie o. lhuycr sworn Is porter at
American House Saw Helen Burt get off
the O'Clock train from Springfield last
Thursday afternoon she came toward the
street was positive about il.
Patrick Austin sworn Tends the rate
90 wv Atll'AAA 'li0NtllE. lAt~L thursday
afternoon, just after the 3 o'clock train
came in, Helen Burt came up the platform
and crossed the track and went up the
street past the marble shop. Afterwarl he
looked up and saw her crossing the Main
street bridge. She passed him lust a. he
went toward the gate had her eyes cast
down on the ground Just as she always
walked. Sugland was following about 10
or 20 feet behind her, but instead Of going
up the street after her he went ON across
the arch bridge on the railroad track Wit
ness was positive about the day ON account
of two men who stood with him at the time
one was Barney Br,slin: he didn't know
the full name of the other. but it WINS a
man who was going to Bridgewater y. II.
that day. The cross examination failed to
shake his conviction that it was Thursday
that he saw the Burt girl and Sugland Ii
wa, not the Saturday before
Daniel Manning C'Dummyrl. sworn
Was at work last Thursday afternoon sboy
cling at Fullcr's sand bank when Sugland
came down the street past Fullers house
and spoke with him Witness asked him
about a suit Of new clothes he had on Sug-
land said he raid $50 for them Thomas
Mitchell was standing there. and Henry
Almond wa, Mt work with him Witness
vas clear and positive about the date
Ihos. Mitchell, sworn Knows Sugland,
but hasn't seen him since last winter: saw
Manning aud Almond, and Heaphey at the
sand bank when he stopped there last
thursday afternoon, but did not see Sug
land
Mrs Henry Almond, sworn. Lives in
Wallace NeWcombs house near "AIe1au-
der, garden Has lived in Brattleboro 10
years come August. Has known Supland
. or years, and Helen Burt a long time
first knew her when she lived in Burling.
ton since thea her family have moved 10
Rutland. Saw the girl 3 weeks ago with
7uelands daughter near f. X. Barrows's
store. Described her dress Was ON friend
~ terms with the girl but Helen hadn't
been mt her house since last fall Saw her
at Susland's once last February. Witness
saw Sugland last Saturday but not ON Fri
day he came to her house to tell her hus-
band about job of wood chopping that
Chl ellison had. Heard from MIR. Green ;
daughter that Helen had come back here
about Decoration day Sugland always ap-
Peared iona OF Helen. Didn't remember
hearing him make any threats against her
Dldn remember anything about his irving
to drug her. Had always thought il
strange that she came back to Johns so
much didn't know but he used love DOW
ders or something John said Saturday
that Addle had gone away; went Monday
night; didn't say why she went said she
lett her trunk that she had about 50 with
her. Joe Norman liked Helen presumed
John was jealous of him, but didn't know.
Lawrence Heaphey sworn. Didn't see
Sugland last Thursday only knew what
Cummings told him about seeing Sugland
ON the track
Lew VI. Walker, sworn, Lives in West
hraltleboro, hut formerly lived in Dunn
nfrston knew Sugand well because for
three years or so when he lived in Dunn
herSton Sugland had "A shauty within 100
rods of his house. He saw Sugland in Brat
tieboro last week Thursday afternoon
Could fix the day positively because there
WAS woman from Windsor visiting an old
lady at his house. She came ON Wednesday
ana Thursday said she would like 10 drive
"h"ut the place he got a team at her re
quest ana drove about described where
th"y went when he got to the station il
lacked Just j minutes Of train time "a a,
clock; lac left the lady at the station and
came up into the street and hitched his
horse; he saw John Sugland across the
street as he came along up after hitchinp
ms morse and thought Of going over To speak
t" hinl, because he hadn't seen him for IA
good while, but didn't 20. Witness was
perfectly clear about the day and the time
of day aud couldn't be shaken.
"wednesday Afternoon.
Barney Breslin-sworn. Lives in the
Omnibus" Was at the railroad crossing
one afternoon last week and saw the Burt
girl come along and go up the street Sug-
land was at the depot and came up behind
her. Couldn't tell which afternoon it was
but 1t was before the monument was dedi-
Gated.
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